SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues related to disposable negative pressure wound therapy. Issues related to payment for skin substitutes wound treatments. Issues related to coding and payment rates for tympanostomy and other procedures involving pediatric medical devices. Issues related to reporting of Average Sales Price for skin substitutes. Monitored the implementation of P.L. 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to drug pricing. Monitored issues related to pass-through payments for medical devices. S. 5275 / H.R. 9157, Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2024.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Monitor implementation of P.L. 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to corporate and international taxes. H.R.7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, as it relates to the R&D credit and interest expense deduction. Monitor H.R. 3665, Defending American Jobs & Investment Act, as it relates to taxation of foreign-based multinationals. Issues related to the 2025 expiration of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act provisions impacting corporations.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues